mjtomlin

About

Username
mjtomlin
Joined
Visits
192
Last Active
Roles
member
Points
4,861
Badges
2
Posts
2,699

Reactions

2.7KLike1Dislike225Informative

  • New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with M2 said to launch in late 2022

    mjtomlinmjtomlin
    dewme said:
    This will start to get exciting once we find out what the “M2” really is, i.e., move beyond the “allegedly”state.

    Maybe we’ll know by WWDC?

    I doubt it. I’m thinking at WWDC they’ll announce the Mac Pro. 

    If the M2 uses the same cores as A16, then we may not hear of anything until Fall. Which I believe will be the case as no one is going to upgrade if there’s not a big enough gain in performance. Skipping a core generation would enable that difference. 
    williamlondon

  • New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with M2 said to launch in late 2022

    mjtomlinmjtomlin
    amarkap said:
    Why would  they want to drop the Air and Pro labels from their laptops?  What advantage would that bring?  It just becomes more confusing.  When someone says they have a MacBook Pro it means something...a more expensive laptop for dedicated work.  MacBook Air means a more general all purpose laptop meant for home use.  These labels have been around for a long time and they help differentiate the models.  They are engraved in our minds by now.  Same reason Honda has their Accord and Acura lines...no point in just making both cars called Honda.  Also, I think they should make yet a third model with the same new design language and maybe called it the MacBook SE which would still use the M1 chip but this one would be geared towards Students (hence SE...Student Edition).  A more cost effective laptop with the new design language.  

    Not drop "Pro" from all laptops... but drop the 13" MacBook Pro. Their line up would return to...

    MacBook
    MacBook Pro

    That's not more confusing. However, I do think Apple will keep and drop the price of the MacBook Air w/M1 as a low cost alternative.

    "Air" just needs to go away. It's time has passed and is no longer relevant when there are now dozens of smaller and lighter ultrabooks on the market.
    designr

  • Rumored Mac mini update will arrive much later than expected, says Ming-Chi Kuo

    mjtomlinmjtomlin
    Suggestion to AI, if you are going to talk about the revised tweet in the story maybe you should quote it rather than the older one that has the Mac mini still coming out this year. 

    As for the predictions go, In 2020 Tim Cook said the transition would take two years. There are two possible ways to interpret that. I think he meant two years from when he said it, June of 2020. But maybe he meant two years from when it started, November 2020. Using either date the Mac Pro has to come out this year or Apple has missed its deadline. So 2023 seems unlikely and I’m guessing WWDC in a few months.

    Nothing wrong with missing a deadline on such a marginal product. But... I don't think they'll miss anything. The Pro will be announced at WWDC and released in the Fall.


    Tim Cool also said there would be new Intel Macs as well and those haven’t materialized

    A few months after Tim said that, they released a new Intel-based 27" iMac, which has now gone the way of the Dodo. (But I believe will come back with the next gen Pro/Max.)


    When they do announce the new Mac Pro with Apple Silicon, they will also update and continue to sell the Intel model, as a large chunk of their pro-level customers' workflows may be tied to Intel. They also continue to sell Intel-based Mac mini because they are still extremely popular with server farms. 
    williamlondon

  • New MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with M2 said to launch in late 2022

    mjtomlinmjtomlin
    designr said:
    For the consumer laptop, I'm guessing you'll see it go something like this:
    1. Drop the "Air" and it becomes simply MacBook.
    2. Includes the M2 chip.
    3. Redesigned chassis in line with the "new"*, emerging design language (less curvy, more angular edges). White bezel but possibly quite minimized. There will probably be a notch.
    *Not really new of course. It hearkens back to the iPhone 4.

    I might buy such a machine to replace my 2016 MacBook Pro. The biggest question is Thunderbolt ports. I have four now (two per side). That's pretty handy. I'm not sure I want to lose that and/or have to buy a hub. We'll see. Of course, if they have one (two? :p ) in addition to a MagSafe power port...well...




    1. Drop the “Air” and “Pro”
    2. Includes M2
    3. Redesigned with current design language
    4. 12” MacBook (passively cooled) will replace the Air
    5. 14” MacBook (actively cooled) will replace the Pro

    This Fall
    designr

  • MacBook Air with new form factor, more colors to arrive in 2022, Kuo says

    mjtomlinmjtomlin
    I think he’s got his “facts” mixed up…

    The Air will live on with an M1, and other than price, it will not change at all.

    The new “MacBook” will be (re)released…
    different colors
    Use the M2
    Two size; 12” and 14”
    12” will be passively cooled
    14” will replace the 13” MacBook Pro
    No notch, no mini-LED backlighting.
    aderutterwatto_cobra